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Cast your vote for the best catch of Week 13 (Videos)
Each Monday, we’ll gather the best catches from the weekend (or the midweek games) and bring them here for you to vote on in a poll. There could be only a few nominees, or there could be five or six. It all depends on the weekend. If you have a catch you’d like to nominate, don’t hesitate to hit us up on Twitter (@YahooDrSaturday).
The voting remains open until Friday and the winner advances to a final, end of the year vote where the best catch of the season will be determined. And since we started this midway through the season, some of our favorite catches from the first half will re-surface at the end of the season as well. Don’t you worry.
After a two-week run from the MAC, the SEC finally took home our catch of the week honors. This awesome one-handed TD catch by Mississippi State junior Fred Ross was the top vote-getter in Week 12.
Ross won by a considerable margin by garnering 61 percent of the vote. Gehrig Dieter from Bowling Green finished second at 23 percent of the vote while Alabama's Richard Mullaney (14 percent) was third, Georgia's Terry Godwin was fourth (3 percent) and Cal's Trevor Davis (1 percent) in fifth.
Here are the Week 13 nominees:
Demarcus Ayers – Houston
As a junior, Houston's Demarcus Ayers has exploded for 89 catches after totaling only 44 in his first two seasons with the program. In Friday's big AAC West-sealing win over Navy, Ayers was all over the field. He had eight catches for a season-high 161 yards, including this crazy, leaping one-handed snag that he took 62 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter.
Here's another look at the 5-foot-10 Ayers perfectly timing his jump to make the catch. He then avoided multiple Navy defenders and showed breakway speed for his sixth touchdown catch of the season.
Deon Watson – Idaho
This clutch fourth quarter catch by Idaho junior Deon Watson was a big reason the Vandals snapped a four-game losing streak in Saturday's season finale against Texas State. The Vandals and Bobcats were tied at 31 with just under two minutes to go when Matt Linehan found Watson down the left sideline. Watson somehow fought off a defender and brought the pass in with his right hand for a big gain.
As you can see, the Texas State defender was all over Watson, but he boxed out the defensive back and made the big catch to set up a game-winning touchdown run from Elijhaa Penny. Watson finished the season with 42 catches for 551 yards and seven touchdowns.
Michael Thomas – Southern Mississippi
Michael Thomas had a huge game on Saturday to help Southern Mississippi clinch the Conference USA West division. The senior wideout hauled in seven passes for 162 yards and made an Odell Beckham-like one-handed touchdown catch.
Thomas showed off his awesome leaping ability and body control and still managed to touch his right foot inbounds, all while maintaining possession all the way to the turf. Thomas' acrobatic catch came on a third-and-goal play in the second quarter and extended the Golden Eagles' lead to 21-3.
Tre’Quan Smith – UCF
UCF didn't win a single game this season, but the program found an impressive playmaker in redshirt freshman Tre'Quan Smith. Smith has been a huge bright spot for the Knights, and had another great game Thursday night against South Florida. Among his seven catches for 102 yards was this great individual effort. Smith had to leap to bring in this pass from Justin Holman. As the ball hit his hands, he was upended by a USF defender.
Smith did almost a full front flip after taking the hit, yet he still managed to hang on to the ball. That's not easy.
Cortez Lewis – Wake Forest
Like Tre'Quan Smith for UCF, Cortez Lewis has been a nice bright spot as a freshman for Wake Forest. The Demon Deacons lost their sixth straight game Saturday against Duke to finish 3-9, but Lewis made a big play to hype up the fans at BB&T Field. Lewis had an awesome one-handed touchdown catch late in the game to cut Duke's lead to six points.
Lewis managed to work his way through tight coverage from Duke's DeVon Edwards, locate the ball and bring it in with his left hand while staying inbounds. That's an extremely impressive play.
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